klein meisje quilts

My parents are here for Christmas. My mother and I love to do handwork together, so I have 9 (!) quilts at the handwork stage for binding. ...

There is snow in Chicago and time again for one of my favorite urban traditions--turning your front steps into a sled run. Seth and neighbo...

I am a very basic machine quilter--I cannot free motion. My handwriting is awful, so I blame a neurological connection for this problem. Ab...

This time of year has potlucks several times a week. I enjoy cooking and baking, but the timing isn’t always right. Here is a short list of...

Something that is important to me is to take a family snapshot each year to include in our Christmas cards. I have them together in a b...

This advent quilt is for Eve's confirmation sponsor. Eve chose the buttons--some from my grandmother's button box. Eve was confirme...

The Christmas stamps this year were designed to warm a fiber lover's heart. The knitting details just make me smile--the stamps are on...

I have been pondering Bonnie's and Judy's frustrations and heartaches with use of their designs without attribution. I have been tea...

My sister and I were listing the reasons we really dislike this holiday. Not all parts--I like jack-'o-lanterns and skeletons. But, th...

Seth and Andy have been busy building the only working trebuchet on the block. This house turns 100 next year, and this lovely lamp has last...

I am organizing my guild's challenge this year--they got 1 yard of a wonderful pink batik and the only rule is they have to use it up on...

The Office this week combined two favorite topics--crazy cat people, and a quilt, devoted to rabies.

This doll quilt is for my guild's silent auction at the Fine Art of Fiber show at the Chicago Botanic Gardens. http://faof.home.comcast....

And all ate and were filled. Matthew 14:20 This quilt is for the Good News Community Kitchen benefit. I hope they make a lot with it. Th...

My Grandfather's sisters, Hendrieka, Johanna, and Elisabeth (Hattie, Jo, and Beth) were fashionable and talented. I knew two of th...

This is my mother's grandmother and her sister, Jenneken Scholten and Tante (Aunt) Roelfe. Jenneken was a quilter; most of her quilts ...

Bonnie's music quilt reminds me of this Blackford Beauty quilt I made in 1997. I had this beautiful Hoffman mulberry (blackberry?) fabr...

Here is the wonderful raffle quilt of Illinois Quilters, Inc for the Fine Art of Fiber exhibit at the Chicago Botanic Garden. Costs are $1.0...

Seth's first day of 4th grade. I cropped out a pile of bags for the donation truck--I've been cleaning house and told the kids all ...